高中英語(yǔ)說(shuō)課（Module 6）Unit 18 Beauty

高中英語(yǔ)說(shuō)課(Module6)Unit18Beauty

Lesson1Whatisbeauty?

PART1UNDERSTANDINGOFTHETEACHINGMATERIALANDTHE

STUDENTS

1.STATUSANDFUNCTION

TheIessonoftheunitIpickuptodayisaimed

atservingthefunctionofreadingcomprehension.But

Iistening,speakingandwritingwiIIalsobepracticedin

it.

(AndinthisperiodIwiIIIaymyemphasisonthe

improvementofthestudents'readingskills.Asforthe

Ianguagepoints,IwiIIdeaIwiththeminthenextperiod.)

AndthisIessonisthefirstoneofunit18,it

isaboutwhatisbeautyinyourmind.Everyoneadmires

beauty.Everyonehashisownstandardaboutbeauty.Soit

isveryimportanttothegrowthofastudentandreIated

toourdailyIife.

2.TEACHINGKEYPOINTS

1.DeveIopthestudents'readingskills:findingout

topics;findingoutdetaiIedinformation;workingout

meaningofwords,etc.

2.MastertheusageofsomeusefuIwordsand

expressions;

3.AccordingtowhatweIearntandpracticedinthe

Iesson,studentscansaysomethingaboutwhatisthereaI

beautyintheirmind.

3.TEACHINGDIFFICULTIES

1.Howtograspthemainideaofatextorapassage;

2.Ourstudentsareafraidofmakingmistakesin

speakingEngIish,it'snoteasyforthemtoopentheirmouth

andspeakEngIish.Soknowinghowtousesomewordsand

expressionsfreeIyandputthemintouseinreaI

communicationmaybedifficult.

4.ANALYSISOFTHESTUDENTS

Ononehand,mostofthestudentshaveadapted

themseIvestoSeniorHighEngIishIearningthroughvarious

activities.AndthestudentsofthisagearefulIof

curiosity.Theyareactive,friendIywitheachotherand

eagertoshowwhattheyknow.Ontheotherhand,our

studentsareeasiIyboredwithaIongpassagewhilereading

withaIotofwords,weshouIdconstantIyarousetheir

iinterestinIearningmoreaboutthepassage.

PART2TEACHINGAIMSANDDEMANDS

1.Knowledgeobjects

InthisIesson,IwanttheSs:

(1)Topracticereadingstrategiesforworkingoutthe

meaningofwordsthroughcontext;

(2)ToIearnandusevocabuIaryreIatedto“beauty”;

andpracticeexpressingone'sopinion;

(3)TotaIkabout“beauty“intheireyes;

(4)Towriteashortpassageaboutthebeautyaround

them.

ButmoreimportantIy,IwiIIteachtheSssomewaysof

IearningEnglish.BecauseIthinkwaysismoreimportant

thanjustrememberingsomeIanguagepoints.AndIhopethe

SscanenjoythemseIveswhileIearning.

2.Abilityobjects

(1)Toimprovestudents'readingabilitiessuchas

skimming,scanning,comprehendingetc.Totrainstudents?

Iistening,readingandspeakingabiIities.

(2)Throughdifferenttasks,students?communicative

andcooperativeabiIitieswiIIbeweIItrained;

(3)AccordingtothenewconceptsofnewcurricuIums,

toshowstudentshowtoIearnismuchmoreimportantthan

togiveknowledge.SoIwiIImaketheSsthereaImasters

incIasswhiletheteachermyseIfactsasthedirector,and

teachthemsomeeffectivewaysofIearningEnglish,Ithink

itismoreimportantthanjustaskthemtoremembersome

wordsandexpressions.AndIbeIievethiswiIIheIpIaythe

foundationfortheirfutureIearningandIifeIong

Iearning.

3.MoraIobjects

BecausethisIessonisaboutbeauty,soIhopeafter

IearningthisIesson,studentscangettoknowthata

person'sinnerbeautyismuchmoreimportantthanphysicaI

beauty.Andstudentscanbecomemoresensitivetothe

beautyaroundthem.

What'smore,incIassIwiIItrymybesttomakethe

SsenjoythemseIveswhileIearningsothatwecanenjoya

happyandharmoniousatmosphereincIass.IbeIievethis

isareaIbeautyinourreaIIife.

PART3TEACHINGAIDS:

(1)TheBIackboard;

(2)Amulti-mediaComputer;

(3)APower-point.

PART4TEACHINGMETHODS

Communicativemethod

Atask-basedteachingmethod

EIicitationmethod

Learners-centeredmethod

SituationaImethod

PART5TEACHINGPROCEDURE

Step1Lead-in

Task1:Thinkingandspeaking

1:ShowthestudentssomepicturesreIatedtobeauty

andattracttheirinterest.

Andraisethequestion:whatisbeautytothem?Then

IwiIIsettwoexampIes:

Toducks,apooIofcIeanwaterisabeauty.

ToamountaincIimber,avastworIdfromahiIItopis

abeauty.

Myopinion:Inthispart,mypurposeistoIeadinthe

questionandtoshowtwoexampIesforstudentstofollow

sothattheycanmodifyweIIinthefollowingpart.

2:ThenIwiIIshowmorepicturesandaskstudentsto

thinkitoverandanswer:Whatisbeautytothem?

Myopinion:Inthispart,Iwishtousemoredifferent

picturestostimuIatestudents'imaginationandthinking.

AndatIastwecanreachanconeIusion.

3.InconeIusion:Beautyisquitedifferentintheeye

ofdifferentpeopIe.

Task2:Askstudentsiftheyhaveeverheardofthe

expressionuBeautyisintheeyeofthebeholder”and

discussthemeaningoftheexpression;thenaskthemtoIook

atthethreeidiomsandchoosetheonecIosestinmeaning

totheexpression.

Slide1:Haveyouheardoftheexpression“Beautyis

intheeyeofthebeholder"?Whichofthefollowingidioms

iscIosertoitsmeaning?

a)BeautyisonIyskin-deep.

b)BirdsofafeatherfIocktogether.

c)TheeyesofIoveareblind.

InChinese,theymean:"金玉其外，敗絮其中”

“物以類聚，人以群分”，

“情人眼里出西施”.

Myopinion:Thesetwotasksaredesignedtoattractthe

students?interestinlearningsomethingaboutbeauty.I

aIsowishtostimulatestudents,imaginationandarouse

students'interest.Ithinkthatisanecessary

preparationforreading.

Task3:AskstudentstoIookattheIistofwordsand

expressionsfirst.Studentsreadthetextfastandfindthe

wordswhichmeanthesameasthewordsandexpressionsin

theIist.ChecktheanswersasacIass.

SIide2:PIeasematchthekeywordswithcorrect

definition.

consistentneverchange

dieoutdisappearorstopexistingcompIeteIy

physicaIconcerningmaterialthings

inneraperson'smindorsouI

criteriastandardbywhichsth.isjudged

accompanygotogetherwith

subjectiveapersonaIvieworopinion

dimensionpartofsituation

Myopinion:InthistaskIwishmystudentscanget

enoughvocabuIaryreIatedtothereading.ThatisaIsoa

necessarypreparationforreading.

Step2WhiIe-reading

Activity1:Readthetextanddecidethefollowing

sentencesareTrue(T)orFaIse(F).

Slide3:True(T)orFaIse(F)questions

1.MargaretWoIfebeIievedthatthestandardofbeauty

aIwayskeepsthesame,notchanges.

2.Nowadays,ifyouwearcorsetstoachieveabodyshape,

itwiIIbeconsideredunhealthy.

3.InalIcuItures,thebeautyshouIdbealwayssIim.

4.ThehumanracewouIdsoondieoutifwecouIdonIy

seebeautywithinasetofIimitedcriteria.

Myopinion:ThistaskisdesignedtotraintheSsto

readthepassagefastandgetthegeneraIidea.

Activity?:

PIeasereadtheparagraph?&3carefuIIyandfiIIin

thebIank.

adaptwithExampIeSupportingdetaiIs

Time

In19thcenturycorsetstoachieveabodyshape

wooIenshawIstobeattractive

Inthepasttattooorbodyartasanadditionto

costumes,toshowfamiIyassociationsortomarkcriminaIs

CuIture

InsomecountriesweightYoungwomenfollow

siimmingdietstoIoseextrakilosinpreparationfor

weddingday

InotherculturesLookingaIittIeoverweightis

consideredmoreattractive

Activity3:Furtherunderstanding

PIeasereadthepassagecarefullyandanswerthe

questions.

1.Describeonewaythatstandardsofbeautyhave

changedwithtime?

Inthe19thcenturyEurope,womenusedtowearcorsets

toachieveabodyshapethatisnoIongerconsidered

heaIthy.

2.Howaretattoosseennowadayscomparedtothepast?

Theyareseemedasaformofbodyart.Butinthepast

theyusedtomarkfamilyassociationsandwereevenused

tomarkcriminals.

3.Whyisinnerbeautymoredifficulttodeterminethan

physicaIbeauty?

InnerbeautyisfoundinawiderrangeofpersonaI

quaIities.JudgingtheappeaIofaperson'sinnerbeauty

ismuchmoresubjective.

Myopinion:ThesetwostepsaredesignedtogettheSs

toreadthetextcarefuIIytofindoutmoredetaiIsabout

it,haveafurtherunderstandingofthewhoIetextandget

themainidea.

Inthisprocess,IwiIIshowstudentssomepictures

reIatedtothequestions,todrawtheirinterest.

Pid.HaveyoueverheardthisChinesepoem?一楚王好

細(xì)腰，宮中多餓死

AbeautyshouIdbeslim!

Pic2.TangDynasty----AbeautyshouIdbepIump!

Pic3.awomanwithacorset

Pic4.amawearawooIenshawlacrosshisshouIder

Pic3.afamousstarwithatattoo

Step3Post-reading

Discussioningroup

1.ShowsomepicturestotheSs,andIetthemthink

whichoneisthereaIbeautyintheirmind?

Pid.AbeautifuImodeI

Pic2.anoIdcoupIe(supposetheyareyour

grandparents)

Pic3.apairofbeautifuIhand(white,softandsmooth)

Pic4.twopairsofoIdhands

2.AsktheSssomequestionstogivethemsomeideas

abouthowtosaysomethingaboutthistopic:

(1)DoyouthinkthemodeIisverybeautifuIand

attractive?Why?(hercIothes,herhandsorskin,her

voice….)

(2)Areyourparentsstillyoung?Haveyourparentdone

aIotforyou?DoyouIovethem?

(3)Doyouagreethataperson'sinnerbeautyismuch

moreimportant?

3.Givethemsomeus